Manga is a story expressed in pictures and letters.
The so-called manga refers to the story work expressed in words and pictures.
Anime stands for animation, and is made so that pictures and dolls with slightly different movements and shapes are taken one by one and appear to move continuously. From the basic definition, the difference between manga and anime (animation) is that "manga" is made only from pictures and letters.
The so-called アニメ (anime), is the abbreviation of アニメーション, which is a kind of continuous shooting of pictures and characters that change the movement and form bit by bit, making it look like an active work. From the basic definition, the difference between manga and anime is that works created only by pictures and words are "manga".
"Animation" is a video adaptation of manga and contains lines and music that are not heard in manga. However, manga, anime, and animation sometimes refer to the same thing or different things depending on the era and country.
Animation of manga, that is, adding lines, music, etc. that cannot be heard in manga, is "anime". However, manga, アニメ and アニメーション point to the same kind of thing and point to different kinds of things depending on the era and country.
The loanword "animation" became popular in the late 1970s. Before that, manga was converted into a video, which was called "movie manga" in movies and "TV manga" on TELEVISION. In other words, it can be said that animation was a kind of manga. Even today, anime (animation) is treated as a kind of manga, especially if they are not distinguished.
The foreign language アニメーション began to become popular in the second half of the 1970s. Before that, works that made comics into animation were called "movie animation" if they were movies, and "TV animations" if they were TV. In other words, anime is considered a genre of manga. Even in modern times, anime is treated as a genre of manga when there is no difference between the two.
In Japan, "anime" and "animation" are treated almost synonymously, but overseas Japanese anime works are called "Anime", and they are distinguished.
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Manga and Tankobon are also spreading overseas as words that represent Japanese culture. Among Japanese animation works, there are things called "Anime" and "Animation".
In addition, words representing Japanese culture, such as Manga (manga) and Tankobon, have spread overseas. Even in Japanese anime works, there are works that are called Anime or Animation respectively.
The definition varies from "Animation" to a full animation that moves smoothly in the whole, and a mitted animation as "Anime" represented by Osamu Tezuka's "Astro Boy" expressed just by moving a part of the character without moving a part of the character, "Anime" for commercial works, and "Animation" for art works.
Anime with smooth movements and all movements is called "Animation". Works in which the background is not moving, only part of the characters are moving, such as limited animation represented by Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, is called "Anime". There are also commercial works called "Anime", and works of art are called "Animation", in short, there are various definitions.